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To gain buy-in for your IT proposals, you need to present them to people who have a wide range of backgrounds, interests and objectives. Which means you'll advance your cause far, far more readily if you don't come across as some tech guy who...read more

When it comes to establishing a customer-facing presence in the cloud, how much downtime is too much? An hour? Two hours? An entire working day? If those times seem long, then you may be surprised to learn that one-quarter of...read more

Paid apps exhibit less risky behavior than free ones, but downloading only paid apps is not sure-fire protection for users, according to "Appthority Winter 2014 Reputation Report," a new study by Appthority. The report finds tha...read more

In the recent past, we've reported on how intense the talent wars are getting for top IT professionals: Nearly one-third of companies plan to increase their tech department's staffing this year, compared to one-fifth of organizations which intend...read more

Business legend Richard Branson has said that offices one day will be "a thing of the past." While that may amount to a bit of hyperbole, it's projected that 43 percent of U.S. workers will work remotely by 2016, according to industry research....read more

Americans' ongoing struggles with weight issues remain a well-documented fact: More than one-third of U.S. adults are obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The estimated annual medical cost for those wh...read more

CYREN Ltd., a provider of Internet security solutions, released its first annual "Security Yearbook," which documents last year's Internet security trends. The report noted the continued increase in mobile malware, ransomware and targeted attacks, as w...read more

While overall interest in tech innovation remains high within today's organizations, CIOs are confronting formidable internal hurdles to move their companies forward, according to a recent survey from Trace3. In fact, while nearly ...read more

The growth of catalog sprawl, which plagues organizations that introduce many front-end tools for employees to procure services or to request help, concerns the majority of enterprise IT leaders, according to the 2014 PMG Catalog Sprawl...read more

When CIOs and other executive leaders convey a strong sense of purpose behind their company's strategies, they help drive their organization toward a wide range of positive, revenue-influencing outcomes, according to a new survey from Deloit...read more

Use of encryption continues to grow in response to consumer concerns, privacy compliance regulations and cyber-attacks, but implementing data encryption policy remains a major challenge, according to a recent Ponemon Institute report. "For the firs...read more

CIOs are increasingly shifting their focus from the back office to the front office, where marketing, sales and service managers work directly with customers, as part of a concerted effort to make IT more relevant than ever to the overall business, acco...read more

A lack of visibility, time-consuming manual processes, poor change management practices and an abundance of applications are challenging IT security, network operation teams, and application owners, according to a new AlgoSec study. The security ...read more

Does your company really have an outstanding "digital IQ"? If you're like the vast majority of CIOs, the honest answer would be "no," according to a recent survey report from PwC. The report, titled "The Five Behaviors That Accelera...read more

With the turnover rate of CEOs ranging from 10 percent to 15 percent in any given year, you might conclude that organizations are prepared for replacing their top leader at any given moment. But you'd be wrong. The majority of companies don't really ...read more

CIOs are leading their organizations toward greater investment in managed service providers (MSPs), according to a recent survey from CompTIA. The global managed-services market will grow from $143 billion in 2013 to $256 billion in 2018, according ...read more

When it comes to security, every CIO experiences some level of angst and frustration. Despite growing investments in security, data breaches continue to regularly occur. A major reason is that digital miscreants of all types have access to advanced evas...read more

Digital marketers are determined to expand their cross-channel campaigns in order to reach customers wherever they are, whether on the Web, social media, mobile devices and so on. However, marketer are struggling to make it happen due to tech-base...read more